Posted on 06/16/2018 4:42:16 AM PDT by aomagrat
Sometimes you might find a stray bug or worm in your produce, but a dangerous black widow spider? Believe it.
That was the case for Jacob Vaughn, who bought a bunch of fresh broccoli at Kroger in Maumee, only to find a large arachnid alive and acting feisty on the vegetables.
The South Toledo man said he discovered the spider while washing off the broccoli before cooking it when "the spider came out and started waving his hands. It was pretty obvious he was alive since he was throwing his hands in every direction. He did not seem pleased."
Vaughn got tongs and took the piece of broccoli he was on and double bagged it in zip-top bags so it wouldn't get out.
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Vaughn's mother, Chandra, posted about the ordeal on Facebook groups as a "reminder to carefully check produce," she said.
Cheryl Garcia, a friend of Chandra's, saw the photo of the black widow spider and realized she could help, since she is with a rescue facility that would give the spider a second chance. As of Thursday night, an adoption was pending for "Broccoli," the black widow spider. Broccoli was being housed with Life with Elliott and Friends, in conjunction with Another Chance Sanctuary, a rescue facility in Fremont.
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If it was large and identifiable as a "Black Widow" it wasn't "His" hands. It was a female.
‘’I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I don’t know. But that’s irrelephant’’.
“Most poisonous” does not mean “100% deadly”. That is the impression everyone gets with Recluse AND the Widow. But apparently only in special cases, esp. small children, is the Recluse really, really dangerous.
Doesn’t mean we’ll go seeking a Recluse or Widow to bite us for fun, but not quite the scary assured-death we are made to think it is.
Has anyone asked if this is a satire?
I mean, really, adoption? Not to mention, “waving hands”?
This reads like a satire, and some of the grammar doesn’t make it any more credible.
If you’re person with an allergy it would be.
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